Library Lost and Found
Lost Library Books Turn Up in Some Crazy Places
From time to time a patron will check a book out of the library where I work and misplace it. Not to worry. It will usually turn up under a car seat or behind the book shelf.
But sometimes? Library material turns up in surprising places.
After a patron returned an overdue DVD that she’d found underneath her microwave, I logged onto Facebook and asked my fellow librarians: “What’s the oddest place a patron has ever found a misplaced library book or DVD?”
As a public service, I’ve decided to share some of their responses with the library-going public:
On top of a ceiling fan blade! The patron, a college student, thinks that a friend probably hid it there as a joke. He found it months later when he turned on the fan and the book went flying.
A patron just found an overdue CD under the spare tire in her trunk.
One of our patrons just found a long overdue book in his Bichon’s toy box.
I once found an overdue library book under my grandson’s mattress. He loved it so much he didn’t want to give it back.
Just got a letter from a patron telling us that she’d found a lost copy of “Finding Dory” in a potted plant.
